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ANDROID
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REVOLUTION
Unleash the real
potential of your phone
Are OUYA & GameStick the future of gaming?
Hacker
NEW GOOGLE APPS
Zøne
Master the new Maps, Gmail and Chrome
FIRST LOOK
HTC ONE MINI
Is this your per fect sized phone?
» True multitasking
» Unbreakable security
» Beats Audio-style sound
ISSUE 28
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Welcome
To issue 28 «
Welcome
“ We’re taking a look at OUYA, GameStick and a few
of the others this month, to see whether they really
do represent the start of a new era for gaming ”
HOW TO
USE THE
QR CODES
T he history of mobile gaming has
MY HOME SCREEN
On (and off) Andy’s
phone this month…
Zero-click access to the best
apps in the Google Play store
been long and somewhat
chequered. Nintendo’s Game
Boy is the biggest-selling console ever
produced, a record that is unlikely to
ever be broken. A decade ago, when
Nokia decided it could merge phones
and mobile games into a single
device it came up with the N-Gage,
one of the most notorious failures in the history of mobile
tech. Since then smartphones have taken gaming to a
new level. Casual games like Angry Birds have become
part of the pop culture landscape, and at the time of
writing, half of the top 20 paid apps on the Play store are
games. Yet subsequent attempts to make dedicated
devices – Sony’s Xperia Play from 2011 – simply fail to take
advantage of this popularity.
Today the industry is having another go, only this time
it’s not the big names, but ambitious startups that are
leading the way. We’re taking a look at OUYA, GameStick
and a few of the others this month, to see whether they
really do represent the start of a new era for gaming, or
whether they will simply disappear into the shadows once
the hype about the Xbox One and PS4 really kicks into
gear. Ideally the potential of these devices should not be
limited to games, so we’ve taken a look at some of the
hacks you can do on them too.
Also this month we’ve got a troubleshooting guide that
should solve any problem you’ve got with your phone, and
test out the best new hardware, including the Samsung
Galaxy Mega, surely as big as a phone will ever get.
A QR code is a 2D barcode that can act
as a shortcut for delivering information,
such as weblinks. You’ll notice them
throughout the mag – scan them on
your phone and you can download apps
and send us messages instantly.
Carbon for
Twitter
Zombie
Invasion
ShopSavvy Free
Download this free barcode scanner
to use our QR codes. Handily, you can
scan normal barcodes with it too, to
help you fi nd bargains on all your
favourite purchases!
FotMob
Google
Keyboard
This month
I’ve been testing:
HTC One Mini
Not that much
smaller, but it looks
like being as good as
the original
WarGames
Camera FV-5
Get scanning
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Open ShopSavvy, hit the Scan a
Barcode button and then hold your
phone over a QR code so that it appears
in the window.
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Contents
CONTENTS
www.littlegreenrobot.co.uk
» Inside issue 28
15 Special offer for USA readers » 56 Exclusive subscription offer
Launcher
Previews,
news and
speculation
from the
Android world
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06 Is device saturation
harming Android?
Are there just too many
Android phones, or is more the
merrier? We take a look
quick
09 News
We look at the journey of the
Nexus 7, a year on from its
launch, and ask if it has made
the impact Google hoped for
fi xes and
upgrades
10 Million Sellers
We talk to the team behind
imo messenger about what
makes a successful app
Massive troubleshooting
guide for your devices
11 HTC One Mini
We go hands-on with the
brand-new HTC One Mini
84
Samsung
Galaxy S4
Active
Rugged phone
tested
58 Android gaming
revolution
Are OUYA and
GameStick
the future
of gaming?
12 10 things you need to
know about Android
cameras
Get the lowdown on the new
range of Android cameras and
camera apps
14 Finance apps
A collection of some of the
best-looking fi nance and money
management apps
11 First look:
HTC One Mini
Is this your perfect-sized phone?
16 Messages
Sound off about anything and
everything to do with Android
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Contents
Hacker
Inside issue 28 «
Zøne
48 Hacking tips and tricks
50 Multi-tasking with Paranoid
Android ROM
52 Unbreakable security with
Cerberus
54 Beats-style audio on any
Android device
Apps
Your complete
guide to
Google Play
66 App reviews
The best and latest apps from
the Play store on test
Explore the limits of
your Android phone
Reviews
Tutorials
Cutting-edge tablets and
smartphones on test
Essential guides to getting more
from your phone or tablet
72 News apps
Which is the best app to
replace Google Reader?
76 The best mid-range
phones
Group test of the best
mid-range Android phones
26 Back to stock
Remove or hide the bloatware on your
phone and make it pure Android
30 Tutorials
30 Discover Maps’ new features
32 Master the new Gmail app
34 Change default apps
36 Set up your phone or tablet as
a webcam
38 Restrict multitasking
39 How to password protect
your apps
40 Explore Chrome’s hidden settings
74 Game reviews
The latest Android games
reviewed
84 Reviews
84 Samsung Galaxy S4
Active
86 Samsung Galaxy
Note 8
88 Huawei Ascend P2
90 Nook HD+
92 Huawei Ascend Y300
App review index
70 90night
68 Amazon Local
67 BBC Weather
71 Cloud Print
75 Color Zen
69 ComicRack
67 CPU-Z
75 Crush
67 EasilyDo
71 ESPN FC
72 Feedly
75 Final Fantasy IV
68 Floating Notifi cations
75 The Forest of Doom
71 Foursquare
72 gReader
75 Guncrafter
74 Heart Breaker
70 Hootie for Twitter
71 InstaMessage
74 Man of Steel
71 ParkMe
71 Path
68 Permissions Watcher
75 Quadropus Rampage
67 SmugMug
71 SocialShare
71 Split Pic
75 UNO & Friends
66 Vine
70 Zoobe Pets
94 Accessories
Power up your phone or tablet
with this collection of goodies
42 Droid Support
Readers’ questions answered, plus
troubleshooting tips and tricks
46 Android challenge
Learn golf: Master the ancient art of golf,
with help only from your apps
30 Discover Maps’
new features
Full guide to using the new-look
Maps app
76 The best mid-range phones
Four top mid-range handsets go head-to-head
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